What's a Parenthetical Expression?
Parenthetical expressions sound terribly complicated but are really easy to understand and are very commonly used.
The clauses that precede and follow a parenthetical expression can independently form a complete sentence without the parenthetical expression.
A parenthetical expression is not essential to a sentence.
Let's have a look at some examples:
The cat woke up early that morning, he had mice to catch.
He had mice to catch, the cat woke up early that morning.
A parenthetical phrase can appear at the end or beginning of a sentence.
So what is a parenthetical expression?
These are expressions, or phrases often found in the middle of a sentence, that disrupts the flow of thought. They do not deal directly with the topic in hand. They are usually offset by commas, parentheses and dashes.The clauses that precede and follow a parenthetical expression can independently form a complete sentence without the parenthetical expression.
A parenthetical expression is not essential to a sentence.
Let's have a look at some examples:
The cat woke up early that morning, he had mice to catch.
He had mice to catch, the cat woke up early that morning.
A parenthetical phrase can appear at the end or beginning of a sentence.
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